Robert De Niro and Rachel Dratch faced off on “SNL50,” with the Oscar winner confronting the former cast member in her Debbie Downer character during a sketch in the home stretch of the anniversary special. “At this point, we’re all walking landfills,” Dratch said, in a reference to microplastics. “Odds are they’ve already taken up
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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “The White Lotus” Season 3, Episode 1, now streaming on Max. Check-in has begun at “The White Lotus” in Thailand. As is tradition, the third season of Mike White’s HBO dramedy opens with a mysterious dead body, shown in a flash forward that takes place one week after
Adam Sandler’s performance at Sunday night’s “SNL50: Anniversary Special” was one of the most memorable moments of the night — even before it began. The performance was introduced by Jack Nicholson, who received loud applause inside Studio 8H. “Everyone in this room has something in common. All of our lives were changed by the show,”
At “SNL50,” Kate McKinnon reprised her popular character Miss Rafferty from her series of Close Encounter sketches, surrounded by the all-star ensemble of Pedro Pascal, Jon Hamm, Woody Harrelson, Aidy Bryant — with Meryl Streep appearing as her mother, also Miss Rafferty. At the Pentagon, Miss Rafferty, along with Pascal’s and Harrelson’s characters all recount their
John Mulaney took the “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary special on a five-decade journey through the ups and downs of the show’s New York City home base. Starting with the 1975 birth of the series, Mulaney’s star-studded medley began with convincing former cast members Pete Davidson and David Spade that the grimy 1970s was still
Mike Myers returned to “Saturday Night Live” in the most classic way during the show’s 50th-anniversary special on Sunday. The comedian reprised his role as Linda Richman. Myers popularized the Linda Richman character in his beloved “Coffee Talk” sketches from 1991 to 1994. The “Shrek” actor based the character on his real-life mother-in-law when he
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reunited at the “SNL50” anniversary celebration for a star-studded segment framed around a Q&A, in which the two former cast members took “Saturday Night Live” questions from the audience. Among the contributors called on were Ryan Reynolds, Cher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Quinta Brunson, Jon Hamm and Tim Meadows. “Ryan Reynolds, how’s
The “Weekend Update” segment at the “SNL” 50th anniversary special on Sunday brought back legendary cast member Bill Murray to rank the segment’s past hosts. Murray started by ranking “Weekend Update’s” Black hosts, which put current co-host Michael Che at number one — by virtue of the fact there has only been one Black host
Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard appeared to honor Sinéad O’Connor during “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” on Sunday night. The duo, who also performed during the “Saturday Night Live” concert special two nights prior, this time performed the Prince song, “Nothing Compares 2 U.” The 1985 track was made famous by O’Connor when she recorded it
The biggest robbery in Danish history gets the big-screen treatment in “The Quiet Ones,” a somber piece whose chronicle from a heist’s inception to its disastrous (for the perps) aftermath has stirred comparisons to Michael Mann’s “Heat” 30 years ago. This well-cast and -crafted thriller does echo that film in some respects, albeit without the
Another win for Kendrick Lamar: His “GNX” album returns to the top of the Billboard 200 with 236,000 equivalent album units following his performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. With its latest jump from No. 4 to 1, “GNX” marks the set’s second week atop the chart following its release in November. Additionally, two
Spoiler alert: The crazy, unpredictable Oscar season? Still crazy. Still unpredictable. Fresh off a one-two punch weekend where “Anora” cleaned up at the PGA and DGA Awards, the BAFTAs decided to stir the pot with their own take on the race. If history tells us anything, it’s that BAFTA can be either a crystal ball
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds made their first big red carpet appearance together amid their legal battle against Justin Baldoni. The married couple were among the numerous celebrities who showed up at the “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” event in New York City Sunday night. While Reynolds made an appearance at the National Board of Review
Pitched somewhere between science-fiction and fable, director Gabriel Mascaro’s “The Blue Trail” finds a beacon of optimism within its own dystopian view of the future. Set in the director’s native Brazil — and showcasing the astonishing natural beauty (side by side with decay) of the Amazon in every high-definition frame — the film centers a
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then every shot in Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s cine-kaleidoscopic “Reflection in a Dead Diamond” is worth its weight in cubic zirconia. The latest eyegasm from the French couple behind “The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears” continues their pop-art worship of guilty-pleasure ’60s cult cinema. This
German director Jan-Ole Gerster’s mesmerizing, mostly English-language “Islands” opens with a scene that for many would mark “rock bottom” — reason to check oneself into rehab — as Sam Riley’s Tom awakens in a field of sand dunes. He could have been dropped from heaven or belched up from below, but most likely just passed
Some of David Tennant’s Donald Trump jokes during his BAFTAs monologue ended up on the BBC’s cutting room floor. Several of the host’s quips — one of which compared the U.S. president to Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice character — were cut from the BBC’s broadcast of the British awards ceremony on Sunday night, which is pre-recorded
Min Kyu-dong’s South Korean action-drama “The Old Woman with the Knife” adapts Gu Byeong-mo’s novel of the same name with results at once languid and overstuffed. While it features an enticing premise, slotting a 65-year-old woman into the underground assassin genre (a position usually reserved for grizzled men and young vixens), its story remains rooted
The Trump Administration has banned Julianne Moore‘s 2007 children’s book “Freckleface Strawberry” from schools operated by the Department of Defense, the “Far from Heaven” star shared on Instagram Sunday morning. “It is a great shock for me to learn that my first book, ‘Freckleface Strawberry,’ has been banned by the Trump Administration from schools run
After winning the BAFTA Award for best supporting actress, “Emilia Pérez” star Zoe Saldaña dedicated the prize — and the film itself — to her trans nephew. Though she didn’t have time to make the dedication during her speech, Saldaña mentioned to journalists in the winners’ room that there was “one last thing that I
Warning: This story contains spoilers from the first six episodes of “Love Is Blind” Season 8, now streaming on Netflix. On the heels of “Love Is Blind” celebrating its fifth anniversary, Season 8 kicked off on Friday with the first six episodes — almost all taking place in the pods for the first time. In the
Prolific comedy writer Bill Lawrence gave an update on where his reboot of “Scrubs” is in the development stage while speaking with Variety on the Writers Guild Awards red carpet Saturday in New York. “Well first thing is, on an interview, asking my wife if she’ll do the show whenever she has time,” Lawrence said
Upstart French sales outfit Lucky Number has picked up global sales rights to director Wesley Rodrigues’ “The Bird Kingdom,” backed by French “Flow” producer Sacrebleu Productions and Brazil’s Lupa Filmes. UFO Distribution will distribute the anti-violence fable in France. Set in a fantasy version of the Brazilian Sertão, an arid wasteland where men can shapeshift
A film set is no place for little girls. In the fairy-tale-adjacent world of Lucile Hadžihalilović’s frigid dark fantasy “The Ice Tower,” an orphan runs away from her foster home and takes refuge in the basement of a movie studio, finding herself drawn to the production — and its star, played by Marion Cotillard —
If Captain America’s boots look familiar, it’s no surprise. The Captain, played by Anthony Mackie, sports a pair of customized kicks in “Captain America: Brave New World” that are based on the Nike Kobe 9 Elite Protro high tops, costume designer Gersha Phillips revealed. Speaking with Variety, Phillips explained she used the sneakers for both
Tanushree Das and Saumyananda Sahi’s “Shadowbox” struggles to overcome its plain aesthetic. The tale of a family of three strained by a father’s odd behavior — owing to what appears to be PTSD — the neorealist Bengali- and Hindi-language drama hints at numerous ideas in the realm of gender, administrative power and the woes of
Another set of guest stars has been added to the lineup of the “Saturday Night Live” anniversary special. Alec Baldwin, Ana Gasteyer, Billy Crystal, Cher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Leslie Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mike Myers, Miles Teller, Rachel Dratch and Reverend Al Sharpton will all make appearances in the special, with more surprise guests to be revealed
Moviegoers are still mad about Bridget Jones. “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” the fourth installment in the love-struck franchise, opened solidly to $35.5 million from 71 markets at the international box office. Those ticket sales outshined “Sex and the City 2” as the biggest start for a romantic comedy in comparable overseas markets, according
“Captain America: Brave New World” delivered a heroic $88.5 million in its box office debut, with domestic ticket sales projected to climb to $100 million through the Presidents Day holiday on Monday. Despite unfavorable reviews and terrible audience scores, the 35th entry in Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe arrived slightly above projections and ranks as the
The biggest stars from the U.K. and beyond are arriving on the red carpet for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards. Taking place at London’s Royal Festival Hall, the awards ceremony — which is often a predictor of the Oscars — will celebrate the best in cinema this year with host David Tennant leading the charge.
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